made in Glasgow

Soup plate (detail)

This detail shows a transfer-printed and an impressed mark of the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Company. The marks are on the base of a transfer-printed soup plate dating from between 1842 and 1880.

There were many variations in Bell's marks. The transfer-printed mark here consists of a cartouche of vine leaves with the design name 'VENETIAN' in the centre. Underneath are the company's initials 'J & M.P.B. & Co.'

By the middle of the 19th century, the area of Glasgow and the Clyde basin was undoubtedly the heartland of the Scottish pottery industry, with several of the biggest firms such as J. & M. P. Bell and Robert Cochran's Verreville and Britannia potteries.

Record details

To search on related items, click any linked text below.

Online ID:	000-190-002-157-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MEK 308
Date:	1842 - 1880 Between 1842 and 1880
Material:	White glazed earthenware. Inscription: VENETIAN; J & M.P.B. & Co.; ROYAL; J & M.P.B. & Co.
Dimensions:	270 mm D; 125 mm D (base)
What:	Soup plate
Subject:	Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Who:	J. and M.P. Bell and Company (Maker)
Where:	Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Event:
Description:	White glazed earthenware soup plate with a grey-blue transfer-printed border pattern and a wreath pattern at the centre of the inside base, made by J. and M.P. Bell and Co., Glasgow, 1842 - 1880
References:
Translations:
Related Records: